A video kicks us off. There’s a run-down of tonight’s card which includes an incorrect graphic with Barry Windham and Brian Pillman’s name’s the wrong way round. Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura welcome us to the show and run down the card again. They then throw to Eric Bischoff who announces that Rick Rude is out for 5 to 7 weeks with a herniated disc … Continue reading Starrcade 92
|Date: October 5, 1992|Venue: Philadelphia Civic Center |City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Attendance: 7,000 |Buys: 165,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show opens with a video package, mostly focused on Sting and Jake Roberts. Other superstars appear as ghosts. Tony Schiavone then welcomes us to the show, he’s joined by Bruno Sammartino. The big news is that Terry Gordy is injured and will be replaced by Stunning Steve Austin … Continue reading Halloween Havoc 92
|Date: July 12, 1992|Venue: Albany Civic Center |City: Albany, Georgia|Attendance: 8,000 |Buys: 70,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger A video package kicks us off with Tony Schiavone running down the card. He then welcomes us to the summertime extravaganza. He’s joined by Magnum TA. We’re told that Nogami is injured and Hashimoto will take his place. They then throw to Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura. They hype … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1992
|Date: May 17, 1992|Venue: Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum |City: Jacksonville, Florida|Attendance: 6,000 |Buys: 105,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger There’s a quick opening video package focused on the main event before Tony Schiavone and Eric Bischoff welcomes us to Wrestlewar. They then throw to Jim Ross and Jesse Ventura at ringside. Greg “The Hammer” Valentine & The Taylor Made Man (c) vs. The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael “PS” Hayes … Continue reading WrestleWar 92
|Date: 29 February 1992|Venue: Milwaukee Auditorium |City: Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Attendance: 5,000 |Buys: 160,000 There’s a rundown of the title matches to kick us off before Tony Schiavone and Eric Bischoff welcome us to the show. They then throw to Missy Hyatt who is backstage and looking to interview tonight. Jim Ross is in the ring and introduces his co-commentator for the night, Jesse Ventura. Jushin “Thunder” … Continue reading SuperBrawl II
|Date: December 29, 1991|Venue: Norfolk Scope |City: Norfolk, Virginia|Attendance: 9,000 |Buys: 155,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger There’s a small introductory video before Jim Ross & Tony Schiavone welcome us Virginia.They throw to Eric Bischoff, Missy Hyatt and Magnum TA who are here to make the draw. We know there will be 10 random tag team matches with the winners of the tag team matches going to … Continue reading Starrcade ’91
|Date: October 27, 1991|Venue: UTC Arena |City: Chattanooga, Tennessee|Attendance: 8,900 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with an animation of a haunted house with ghosts of the top wcw superstars. Jim Ross welcomes us to the show, he’s joined by Tony Schiavone. We’re told that Barry Windham was attacked earlier, which means he isn’t cleared for the chamber of horrors match where he was … Continue reading Halloween Havoc 91
|Date: July 7, 1990|Venue: Baltimore Arena |City: Baltimore, Maryland|Attendance: 14,000 |Buys: 200,000 |tweet me: @BastionBlogger The show kicks off with a video package depicting some of WCW’s stars as old paintings of presidents. Jim Ross and Bob Caudle welcome us to the show. Brian Pillman vs. Buddy Landell Previous PPV matches: This is a first PPV match between these two men. Great American Bash PPV … Continue reading The Great American Bash 1990
Welcome to the second ever Royal Rumble Stat Pack. This blog covers all of the stats, facts and figures from all of the Royal Rumble PPV’s prior to 2024. With Royal Rumble 2024 only a few days away, get in the mood for it by taking 5 minutes out to learn a thing or two about a PPV considered one of the big four that … Continue reading 2024 Royal Rumble Stat Pack
Welcome everybody to the fourth of my rebooking series, this time I’m rebooking Wrestlemania 4. This show is different to any Wrestlemania in history in that it is headlined by a 14 man tournament to crown a new WWF Champion. I’m going to dig deep into this one as I feel there were some dream matches that we didn’t get to see. Let’s see how … Continue reading Rebooking Wrestlemania 4
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